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Thu, January 24th, 11:36 · HumanIPO

Two more rural SA schools to get broadband

Jongilanga High School and Chief Henry High School in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, will be the recipients of Internet connection and computer facilities from tomorrow, Friday, January 25, courtesy of the Department of Communication and other IT companies. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:09 · Paul Adepoju

Lagos State ready to become hub of Google’s initiatives in Africa

The Lagos State Government is adamant it is ready to become the hub of Google’s initiatives in Africa, with its governor believing the future of their economy is in information technology development. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 09:13 · Tefo Mohapi

High proportion of enterprise data leaks from mobile devices, reports Kaspersky

A new report by Kaspersky Labs titled “Kaspersky Global IT Security Risks Survey Report” has revealed a high proportion of data leaks come from mobile devices. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 08:20 · Tefo Mohapi

Zimbabwean bank’s website hacked and defaced, subsequently placed “under maintenance”

Metropolitan Bank has suffered at the hands of malicious hackers after its website was hacked and defaced earlier in the week by a group calling themselves "Qifwhysoserious". → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 05:21 · Tefo Mohapi

Banking malware used in South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana can now spread through Skype

Banking malware code known as Shylock has been modified and updated to be able to spread to devices using Microsoft’s Skype software, and is targeting African countries. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 17:21 · Brandon Gregory

SA Afrihost upgrading its ADSL network

Afrihost, a South African Internet solutions company, has begun upgrading its Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) network with new IPConnect (IPC) nodes. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 17:13 · Tefo Mohapi

Looking to migrate applications to the cloud? SA ICT company believes it can help

One of the largest and most prominent ICT companies in South Africa believes it has the solutions for organisations looking to migrate their applications to the cloud. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 16:24 · Richard Cutcher

Google breaks US$50 billion revenue mark in 2012

Search giant Google has comfortably beaten analysts’ predictions by reporting US$14.4 billion revenue in the final quarter of 2012 and US$50 billion for the entire year. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 16:13 · Paul Adepoju

Liberia Telecommunications Corporation launches fibre-optic cable services

The Liberia Telecommunications Corporation (LIBTELCO) has launched its fibre-optic cable services based on the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine communication cable that exceeds 7,000 kilometres in length and connects around 25 countries to high-speed Internet. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 14:41 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian government will benefit from better policies on broadband penetration – Main One

Main One, a broadband cable company, has declared the Nigerian government stands to benefit from broadening its policies on broadband penetration in Nigeria and will attract more private organisations to the country. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 14:33 · Vincent Matinde

South Sudan plans to lay its own fibre-optic cable

The East African nation of South Sudan plans to lay out fibre-optic cable to link its capital Juba with the numerous regional cables, in an attempt to lower Internet costs in the country. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 13:44 · HumanIPO

Nigerian IHS to expand across Sub-Saharan Africa by 2017

Nigerian telecoms infrastructure company IHS plans to set up another three transmission towers in West or East Africa, or both, by 2017. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 13:14 · Brandon Gregory

Botswana Government computerising plot allocations

The government of Botswana will computerise all plot allocations through a programme called the Land Administrative Procedures Capacity and System in order to manage land use. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 12:31 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya declines to sign new international communication rules

Kenya failed to endorse the new International Communications rules at the World Conference on International Telecommunications, after the country’s information ministry permanent secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo declined to sign. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 12:01 · Robin Okuthe

Ugandan taxman warns on increased cybercrime

Uganda’s taxman the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has warned that cybercrime is prevalent in the country as “it is lucrative and perpetrators use sophisticated technologies to conceal their activities” and urged the police, the judiciary and the public to join forces to purge the vice. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 11:30 · Brandon Gregory

Digital mapping growing strong in SA’s IT sector

A research study conducted by World Wide Works and mapIT has concluded that digital mapping has become one of the strongest growth areas in South Africa’s Information Technology (IT) sector. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 11:00 · Elly Okutoyi

MTN launches Wi-Fi hotspot service in Uganda

Integrated telecommunications services provider MTN has launched several hotspots in Uganda allowing the country’s Internet users, both the MTN and non-MTN subscribers, to enjoy unlimited Wi-Fi services. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 08:09 · Vincent Matinde

Vision247 to offer delivery of premium TV in Africa’s emerging markets

London-based Vision247 is a new player eyeing the growing Africa market and aims to introduces Internet Protocol Television (IPTv) in the continent. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 12:58 · Vincent Matinde

NetClarity and ADS SAS partner to offer device security to African corporates

NetClarity, a leading internal security firm for businesses, has partnered with ADS SAS, an ICT value added distributor, to offer security services in Africa. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 12:43 · Paul Adepoju

Cellcom expands Internet usage with FOC launch

Major Liberian mobile provider Cellcom GSM has assured its subscribers it will provide very fast internet services with the introduction of fibre optic cable connectivity for users on its 4G network. → Read more